waterboy

I actually only have this one lens so I couldn't test any other option until I returned from tonga and swapped lenses.

Had a look at the focus points and the focus distance - Focus was good and focus distance was .45 so within the workable focus range.
The more I look at the photos the more I can see how soft and faulty was my old lens.
I have one set of images that I shot at 11mm and on F11 and they are by far the best ones (even though they needed cropping and lots of work). I know the WB is not the best..
I have downloaded LR4 and can't seem to notice a huge difference in processing over Aperture..
I will have to jump into the pool and conduct some tests...

I am getting really tempted to get the 12-50mm after seeing Alex's last few shots. Either this lens or the 60mm...

cheers,
Erez

Fantastic shots Alex.
Will the 12-50 fit inside the 4 inch wide angle port (the one for the 9-18mm?
Will it have any impact on image quality?
Thanks

Nicolas, My issue was that i wanted to keep the speed at around 160-250 in order not to have to boost ISO. Now that i realise I can increase iso i will try with faster speeds. Saying that, we had a guy on the group with the 5D MK3 with the 17mmL and he was using F4.5 and 1/100 and he got good results... This is what frustrate me... Being a m43 setup I thought i will have greater DOF @F5.6 that he would have on a FF@F4.5.

Bob,
the issue with the whales is that you cant really get too close unless they let you... and when they do - they might suddenly be so close that they will will not fit in the frame even at 9mm. humpbacks are 12m long so there will be at least part of the shot that has more than 1 meter away...
I will try and experiment with different apertures and iso next time i am in the water.
I am now positive that my first lens was a lemon - looking at some test shots i took with it and with the replacement I clearly see a major difference in sharpness.

would the Panasonic 8mm fisheye be supirior to the 9-18mm in terms of performance? Has anyone tried the Samyang 7.5mm? Will the fact the samyang is full manual be a major limiting factor here?

Thanks,
Erez

Thanks,
I will download LR and give it a shot...

No one seems to answer my question about F stops...

Cheers,
Erez